Western Cape snake catcher @Bolandsnakeremovals captures massive African Python scaling dry tree, leaving bystanders shocked ...

The U.K. stock market trader gave a closer look, too, and searched online to try to identify the snake. "I Googled what snakes are in our area and it came up immediately as a boomslang," he told CNN.

Rob and Marcela Wild discovered a boomslang, one of Africa's most venomous snakes, in their Christmas tree. ... "The snake stayed in the tree for two hours until I got there," Heyns said.

Rob and Marcela Wild were in for a surprise when they found a boomslang — one of South Africa's most venomous snakes — in their Christmas tree, CNN reports.

A family in South Africa, wondering why their cats were peering intently into their Christmas tree, were startled to find an unexpected visitor nestled among the baubles - a venomous snake.

Snakes inhabit every continent on Earth, except Antarctica. They live in a wide variety of habitats that range from forests, scrublands, deserts, and swamps to rainforests. Here, we’ll take a closer ...

Rob and Marcela Wild discovered a boomslang, one of Africa's most venomous snakes, in their Christmas tree. ... "The snake stayed in the tree for two hours until I got there," Heyns said.

"The snake stayed in the tree for two hours until I got there," Heyns said. ... Heyns, who has removed hundreds of snakes from South African homes, said that bites from a boomslang are rare.